Bob Evans Farms, Inc. - BOBE- Profile

Bob Evans Farms, Inc.. The Group's principal activity is to own and operate full-service, family-casual restaurants. It operates through two segments: Restaurant Operations and Food Products. The Restaurant Operations segment operates a chain of full-service, family-casual restaurants. In addition, it offers retail gifts, food items and other novelties for sale on a limited basis in its traditional restaurants' Corner Cupboard area. The Food Products segment produces, distributes and sells approximately 40 varieties of fresh, smoked and fully cooked pork sausage and ham products under the brand names of Bob Evans, Owens Country Sausage and Country Creek Farm. On 28-Apr-2006, it operated 587 full-service, family Restaurants in 19 states in the Midwest, mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions of the United States and 102 Mimi's Cafe restaurants in 17 states in California and other western states. Restaurant Operations accounted for 82% of fis 2006 gross revenues and Food Products, 18%